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STUDY ON CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 TO COMPLETE IN MID-1991

BY

CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 A DETAILED STUDY ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF ON SITE RECLAMATION AT SOUTH-EASTERN TSING YI IS BEING CARRIED OUT THE GOVERNMENT AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN JUNE NEXT YEAR.

SAID THIS AND COMMERCE

KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PAUL TANG KWOK-WAI, AT A MEETING OF THE KWAI TSING FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES TODAY (FRIDAY).

TANG SAID: THE 1987

OF

SPEAKING ON THE DISTRICT'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, MR

MOST PROMINENT FEATURE "CONTAINER PORT DEVELOPMENT IS THE DISTRICT AS HONG KONG IS THE WORLD'S BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT FROM TO 1989.

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1990 WAS "GROWTH IN CONTAINER THROUGHPUT IN THE FIRST HALF OF ABOUT 14 PER CENT AND THE PORT IS STILL GROWING AT A REMARKABLE PACE, HE SAID.

EARLY

BY RELEVANT

CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR OPERATION IN 1995 TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND AND A DETAILED STUDY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IS NOW UNDERWAY.

"TO GIVE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY IN PLANNING PORT-RELATED

OF OPTION

A MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITIES, THE STUDY WILL CONSIDER

MR TANG SAID. BERTH ON TSING YI INSTEAD OF JUST A CONTAINER PORT,

THE

THE CONTAINER THE MAYFAIR

AN

ACCESS

ROAD

HE SAID A BUFFER AREA WOULD BE PROVIDED BETWEEN

THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL AREAS RELATED LAND USE AND GARDEN AND CHEUNG CHING ESTATE.

THE STUDY WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF TO CONTAINER TERMINAL 9 FROM KWAI CHUNG, HE Added.

AIRPORT ON THE TRANSPORT

TURNING TO THE IMPACT OF THE CHEK LAP KOK NEW KWAI TSING DISTRICT, MR TANG SAID THE DISTRICT WOULD BE THE LINK BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND THE REST OF HONG KONG.

PART IS A COAST, THE LANTAU

LINK CONSISTS THIS

OF TWO PARTS. THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ROAD NETWORK ALONG THE NORTH LANTAU BRIDGE AND NORTH TSING YI COAST.

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EXPECTED MASS TRANSIT

IS WHICH THE SECOND PART IS THE AIRPORT RAILWAY

THE JOINING STOP ON TSING YI AND IN KWAI CHUNG. BEFORE RAILWAY NETWORK.

"ANOTHER

IMPORTANT PROJECT

AFFECTING KWAI

IS TSING

ROUTE 3

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A STRATEGIC TRANSPORT LINK BETWEEN MR TANG SAID.

AND CHINA

HONG

THE KONG,"

H

ΤΟ "MOST OF THESE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED

BE COMPLETED

OPENING OF 1997 TO COPE WITH THE

THE NEW

BY THEN, AIRPORT.

REMARKEDLY ENVIRONMENT OF KWAI TSING AND HONG KONG AS A WHOLE WILL BE IMPROVED,' HE CONCLUDED.

BEFORE THE

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